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Prosecutors say Central Coast woman admits creating false documents for people seeking green cards

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Investigators say the woman falsely signed hundreds of forms for people attesting they had been examined by a doctor as part of the immigration process.

Federal prosecutors say a Central Coast woman pleaded guilty to a charge that she misused the identities of some doctors to supply medical records to people who needed them for the immigration process.

The prosecutors say Chantelle Woods of Nipomo created hundreds of fraudulent medical records.

As a part of the citizenship process, applicants must submit records of medical examinations assessing their physical and vaccination status. Doctors must sign forms attesting that the person has been examined.

But, investigators say Woods completed more than 300 forms in which she falsely included the names of doctors for people who had not been examined.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.